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Bitfinex hacker gets 5 years in prison for 120,000 bitcoin heist
A hacker responsible for stealing 119,754 Bitcoin in a 2016 hack on the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange was sentenced to five years in prison by U.S. authorities. The man, Ilya Lichtenstein, was arrested in February 2022 in Manhattan following a lengthy investigation led by the IRS, HSI, and the FBI, which managed to recover roughly 80% of the stolen cryptocurrency (94,000 Bitcoin)/ At…
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Hacker gets 10 years in prison for extorting US healthcare provider
Robert Purbeck, a 45-year-old man from Idaho, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for hacking at least 19 organizations in the United States, stealing the personal data of more than 132,000 people, and multiple extortion attempts. As showcased in the indictment, prosecutors linked multiple data theft and blackmail incidents to Purbeck (also known online as “Lifelock” and “Studmaster”).…
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Netflix’s new crime drama is now streaming — and it’s one of the year’s most surprising movies
Look up Oscar predictions and pretty much any reputable pundit will have “Emilia Pérez” listed as a frontrunner for nomination across numerous major categories including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress. This new crime drama movie is expected to be a major player during next year’s award season, and it’s now available to stream on Netflix in several regions…
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Years Later, I Miss My Phone’s Notification LED
I had used the notification LED for years until I got a Galaxy S21 FE, which dropped it in favor of an Always on Display. AOD failed to impress me, and while I still miss the notification LED, I’ve gotten a worthy replacement that keeps the notification LED flame burning brighter than ever. The Notification LED Allowed Me to See…
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Russia sentences REvil ransomware members to over 4 years in prison
Russia has sentenced four members of the REvil ransomware operation to over 4 years in prison for distributing malware and illegal circulation of means of payment. REvil ransomware (aka Sodin and Sodinokibi) was launched in April 2019 as a direct successor of the GandCrab operation. In less than a year, the gang became the most prolific ransomware group, asking for some of the highest…
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The University of Manchester avoided disaster in last year’s cyber attack – now it wants to set an industry example
When PJ Hemmaway joined the University of Manchester as CIO in 2022, the organization began an overhaul of its IT and cybersecurity capabilities to contend with the growing array of threats faced by higher education institutions. “When I started, the university and myself agreed that cybersecurity is going to be one of our top priorities,” he tells ITPro. “I started…
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Snapdragon 8 Elite Makes 8 Years of Android Updates a Reality; Can Qualcomm Deliver Though?
Your next flagship might get up to 8 years of Android update support with recently-launched Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. Qualcomm’s new top-end processor is bringing a lot more power, but also addressing some pain points that manufacturers have had to deal with for a while. One of them was the limitation of the processor to deliver longer software support for…
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I’ve been tracking Prime Day deals for 10 years — here’s the sales you can still get that I’d buy with my own money
Refresh 2024-10-10T20:54:48.014Z (Image credit: Amazon) This year’s October Prime Day event offered steep discounts on some of the best smart home devices we’ve tested. Although Amazon’s own Echo and Ring deals have come to an end, even better sales have taken their place on home gadgets from smart locks to air fryers. My colleague Hunter Fenollol has put together a list of his favorite devices that will…
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Is there any future for the IT helpdesk? AI and automation could render it ‘redundant’ within three years
IT helpdesk staff are often the source of great stories about user incompetence, but they could be on their way out, according to new research from Nexthink. A survey of 1,000 global IT workers finds that eight-in-ten believe the current service desk model will be unrecognizable within three years, with a similar proportion saying that new technologies will render it…
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From AOL Time Warner to DirecTV and Dish: 20 years of media mergers
This week, DirecTV announced it intends to buy Dish, Sling TV, and the rest of EchoStar’s television business for a dollar (while also taking on all of Dish’s debt), combining almost 20 million satellite TV subscribers from two companies that have been circling one another for decades. But it’s not just DirecTV and Dish. AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, General Electric, GM,…
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